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Tokyo | Nishikori undergoes hip surgery

Kei Nishikori underwent arthroscopic left hip surgery on Tuesday, which will keep him off the men’s tour for about six months.

Australian Open | Brilliant Barty to meet Collins in AO final

If Ash Barty feared Madison Keys so close to reaching her goal, there was no sign of it at the Australian Open on Thursday evening, when the World No 1 powered past the American, 6-1 6-3, to arrive at her pre-ordained place in the final, the first Aussie to do so...

Australian Open | Medvedev and Tsitsipas will face each other in the semis

The expected semi-final clash between Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas is now on with the pair scheduled to meet on Friday after a day’s break having both negotiated their respective ways past tough quarter-final opponents.

Australian Open | Hewett and Reid make wheelchair history

Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid secured their latest chapter in the tennis history books on Wednesday at the Australian Open when they won their third successive Australian Open men’s wheelchair doubles title, extending their tally of consecutive Grand Slam titles...

Australian Open | Swiatek and Collins outlast giant-killers to meet in semi-final

Iga Swiatek took 3 hours to figure out how to beat the resilient Kaia Kanepi at the Australian Open on Wednesday, while Danielle Collins figured out tricky Alizé Cornet rather more quickly, and the two will now meet in their first semi-final at Melbourne Park on...

Australian Open | Nadal and Berrettini battle into the AO semis

The first semi-final at this year’s Australian Open will feature Rafa Nadal and Matteo Berrettini, the sixth and seventh seed in Melbourne respectively, after both players survived five set quarter-final matches having led their opponents by two-sets to love.

Australian Open | Hewett races into second men’s singles wheelchair final as Brits eye three doubles titles.

Alfie Hewett was in imperious form on Tuesday as he booked his place in his second successive Australian Open men’s wheelchair tennis singles final with a 61 61 victory over Stephane Houdet of France at Melbourne Park.

Australian Open | COVID is not going away…

The fact that COVID-19 is still around was pushed home when Belgian Van Uytvanck tested positive for the virus after playing at the Australian Open, one of several players to pick up the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus in Melbourne.

Australian Open | Barty cruises into semi-final where Keys awaits

World No 1 Ash Barty produced a bit of a masterclass to dismiss Jessica Pegula, 6-2 6-0, at the Australian Open on Tuesday, easing herself into the semi-finals where she will take on Madison Keys, a surprisingly comfortable winner over 4th-seeded Barbora Krejcikova,...

Australian Open makes a U-turn on Peng T-shirts

The Australian Open has made a U-turn over its stance over ‘Where is Peng Shuai?’ T-shirts, shamed into reconsidering its policy by public opinion and criticism from the likes of Martina Navratilova as well as on social media.